Building Public Awareness To Prevent Human Trafficking Human trafficking is a type of modern slavery where traffickers sell people for a financial gain and use them for illegal labor, or prostitution. The source countries for human trafficking are generally ones with the poor economies. The victims are penurious and lacking an education. The traffickers are often the same nationality as the victims. Thus, when the victims offered high paid jobs abroad, they usually accept them. Once at the destination country, they discover that there are no jobs available. The traffickers sell them to brothels to become prostitutes, or to farms to perform a hard labor. The victims of the human trafficking are not paid for their labor. In the United States,
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First, the public should be aware of the size of this problem. Mass media does not cover this subject nearly enough. It is an unpleasant subject; however, seeing the ugly truth about this type of crime mostly involving children and women is painful but necessary. Second, it is important to recognize victims of human trafficking. People should know the red flags and what follow up questions they should ask. The contact information for National Human Trafficking Recourse Center should be widely available for the public to report possible cases of human trafficking in their neighborhoods. Last, taking action is needed. Hosting awareness events, asking college professors to add human trafficking to the curriculums, volunteering at victim outreach functions, donating to anti-trafficking organizations – these are a few examples of battling the human trafficking issue (20 Ways You Can Help Fight Human Trafficking). Unfortunately, trafficking in persons is not perceived as one of the greatest acts against human rights by modern society. Building public awareness and teaching people how to recognize victims of forced labor is the solution to reducing the scale of human trafficking. Trafficked victims and survivors do not tend to ask for help; however, they truly need
First, the public should be aware of the size of this problem. Mass media does not cover this subject nearly enough. It is an unpleasant subject; however, seeing the ugly truth about this type of crime mostly involving children and women is painful but necessary. Second, it is important to recognize victims of human trafficking. People should know the red flags and what follow up questions they should ask. The contact information for National Human Trafficking Recourse Center should be widely available for the public to report possible cases of human trafficking in their neighborhoods. Last, taking action is needed. Hosting awareness events, asking college professors to add human trafficking to the curriculums, volunteering at victim outreach functions, donating to anti-trafficking organizations – these are a few examples of battling the human trafficking issue (20 Ways You Can Help Fight Human Trafficking). Unfortunately, trafficking in persons is not perceived as one of the greatest acts against human rights by modern society. Building public awareness and teaching people how to recognize victims of forced labor is the solution to reducing the scale of human trafficking. Trafficked victims and survivors do not tend to ask for help; however, they truly need